Chapter Seventeen
Charlie
After I checked in with the hospital and confirmed that we could pick my mother up for discharge around noon, I followed Jesse into the shower. I was discovering there was no environment where I didn’t get hot and bothered when he was near.
Stepping into the steamy shower, I found Jesse leaning back under the water, rinsing soap out of his hair. The moment I saw him, my body tightened. It didn’t even matter he’d just sent me flying once already this morning.
I sternly ordered my body to behave. Pulling the curtain closed behind me, I reached for the soap. When Jesse heard me, he opened his eyes, his mouth hitching at one corner.
“What’s the news from the hospital?” he asked.
“Oh, they said my mom’s doing fine. She’ll be cleared for discharge by noon.”
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